A decade of BOOM!
The Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium at 챬 celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
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The Building On Our Momentum (BOOM!) Learning Symposium at 챬 celebrated its tenth anniversary this year.
챬 has selected “A Map Is Only One Story” for its Common Read for the 2026–27 academic year. Through the power of personal narratives, the anthology offers a new definition of home in the twenty-first century.
The annual Senior Symposium at 챬 is dedicated to the intellectual interests and discoveries of the graduating class.
Students, organizations and alums were honored at the annual Leadership and Service Awards at 챬.
챬 student Gabriella Aviles ’27 attended the most recent Careers in Public Service event with the Weissman Center for Leadership and discovered bold new pathways for postgraduate careers.
Trailblazing Black feminist scholar Beverly Guy Sheftall will be the primary speaker at the 챬 Commencement. Two extraordinary Mount Holyoke alums, Leslie Anne Miller ’73 and Maria Z. Mossaides ’73, will also be honored.
Miki Lin ’27, a 챬 junior, is grateful to be a part of the planning process for this year’s BOOM! event.
Zach Matys, production and events coordinator at 챬, reflects on what he’s learned from behind the camera or the laptop while filming events at BOOM!
Sophomore Destiny Pond ’28 was one of the organizers of this year’s Trailblazers of Color Leadership Conference at Mount Holyoke; its theme was “When Wisdom Speaks.”
챬 Manager of Technology Support Services Aime DeGrenier has seen BOOM! reshape the College’s culture in meaningful and profound ways.